2012 Peer Spirit Conference a Success
The NAMI Florida Consumer Council, in collaboration with the Department of Children and Families, mental health and substance abuse providers and other consumer/peer groups gathered at Lake Yale Conference Center in Leesburg, Florida to create a tranquil but educational and supportive atmosphere for persons who have a mental health and substance use diagnosis.
The conference lived up to its mission to empower individuals diagnosed with mental health or substance issues by introducing new tools for wellness, strengthening leadership abilities and improving advocacy skills.
Kristi Krug
Chair, 3rd Annual Peer Conference
Dana Foglesong
Chair, NAMI Florida Consumer Council
NAMI Florida Survey
Please take a minute to participate in a research survey conducted by NAMI Florida. The questions are designed to identify difficulties and problems you have experienced with managed care, Medicaid/Medicare or private insurance getting access to medications. To participate, please go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/C99QZPQ
'Engaging and Empowering Individuals in the Recovery Movement' webinar materials available online
The response to the webinar presented by Phil Valentine on “Engaging and Empowering Individuals in the Recovery Movement” was a huge success! For those of you who were not able to attend the webinar live, the webinar has been archived and can be viewed at your convenience. The link for the webinar is http://www.fadaa.org/webinars.php
Phil discussed his experience of creating a viable voice for recovery and strategies for engaging consumers. The webinar focused on organizing and engaging a recovery movement. Additionally, Florida recovery group representatives and DCF staff (Clint Raynor, Sean Matthews) highlighted Florida resources and networking opportunities.
NAMI Videos
Why do we see so many people with severe mental illnesses on the street, often off treatment and nearly always alone? Physician and filmmaker Delaney Ruston, whose own father, Richard Ruston, has paranoid schizophrenia and at times lived on the street, takes viewers along on a deeply personal journey to reconnect with her estranged father. Can she make sense of the devastation that his illness has caused? Should she resume her childhood role of acting as her dad’s doctor, or is caring for him in that way hindering her from truly caring for him?
Watch a clip from Delaney Ruston's documentary Unlisted: A Story of Schizophrenia.